Smathers quits Senate bid citing health in 1968 run
Senator George A. Smathers of Florida announced he will not seek reelection in 1968 due to health reasons. The move opens Florida's Senate race, drawing Rep. Charles E. Bennett to seek Smathers' seat and prompting GOP interest as Edward J. Gurney weighs a challenge.
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Sen. Smathers
Florida
Washington
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Smathers
Claude Pepper
House
Johnson
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Maurine Neuberger
Dore
Charles E. Bennett
Cramer
Edward J. Gurney
Senate
Gurney
Viet Nam
Richmond Sales Tax Plan Faces Mixed Reactions
The article reviews reactions to a proposed sales tax in Richmond as senator Willey calls it a trial balloon while some officials criticize the idea. City officials note firms began collecting tax with a December 6 deadline, though about a third of the 7,500 subjects had not yet applied for certificates, risking penalties though prosecutors see no immediate plan to prosecute.
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Wright
Willey
General ‘Assembly
Richmond News Leader
Richmond
Henrico
Chesterfield
Hanover
Robert Fury
Diplomats cite Communist side on peace talks without air pause note
The article notes a cautious, indirect Communist message from Hanoi about peace terms and negotiations, with U.S. experts split on the lull in bombing. It reports White House talks with Humphrey, Rusk, McNamara, and Bundy, plus Pope Paul VI urging peace. Polish officials in Milwaukee express belief Hanoi seeks a truce, while Paris envoy Chauve accuses a U.S. peace curtain.
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Washington
U.S
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Humphrey
White House
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
McGeorge Bundy
White Horse
Bill D. Moyers
Johnson
United States
South Viet Nam
Vatican
Pope Paul VI
Viet Nam
Arthur J. Goldberg
United Nations
Goldberg
Vatican City
Milwaukee
Clement J. Zabrocki
D-Wis
Poland
Zablecki
Paris
Jean Chauve
Peking
China
Drought Leaves State Farms Suffering Across Year
Drought remains the driest since 1941 with topsoil moisture extremely short and ground too hard to plant. Small grain suffers as wells and rivers decline and oysters incur inferior quality from higher salinity. May is very dry. August records 0.81 inch against 5.54 normal. September brings rain but drought deepens in October November and December.
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Weather Bureau
Jesuit priests linked to antiwar and civil rights actions
The article lists Jesuit priests and associated clergy in the 1964 1965 period tied to antiwar and civil rights activity. It names Daniel Kilfoyle Du Bay Berrigan Coffield and others, noting cabled requests to the Vatican, transfers, dismissals and self imposed exiles over racial justice, antiwar, and liturgical issues. Names and postings include McIntyre Los Angeles Epiphany College Baltimore Pasadena Notre Dame and Mt St Marys Seminary among others.
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Jesuit Missions Magazine
Daniel Kilfoyle
Daniel Berrigan
Cler
Viet Nam
Father du Bay
Vatican
James Francis Cardinal McIntyre
Los Angeles
St. John’s Hospital
Santa Monica
Calif
Ave Maria
Father Moelter
St. Bernadette’s
Father Burns
la Salle College
Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Chancery Office
Cambridge
Albertus Magnus College
New Haven
Conn
Father Coffield
Cardinal McIntyre
Chicago
Phillip Berrigan
Epiphany College Seminary
St. Peter Claver
Baltimore
George O’. Dea
Father Berrigan
Father Berryman
St. Philip the Apostle
Pasadena
Notre Dame Academy For Girls
Jeave
Latin America
Father Quellet
Selma
Winooski
Father de Pauy
Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary
Groppi
Whelan
Milwaukee
Kilfoyle
Protestant Union Theological Seminary
Pulitzer Prize Newswoman Maggie Higgins Dies in D C
Maggie Higgins, famed war correspondent and Pulitzer prize winner, dies at Walter Reed at 45 from tropical illness complications after Viet Nam deployment. Survived by husband Lt. Gen. William F. Hall and two children. Funeral Mass at Ft. Myer followed by Arlington burial.
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Maggie Higgins
D.C
Washington
Mar- Euerite Higgins
Hitler
Korea
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Viet Nam
Buchenswald
Dachau
Munich
Miss Higgins
New York
Women's Club
The
Herald Tribune
Tokyo
Seoul
Walton H. Walker
Douglas MacArithur
Walker
Lawrence O'Higgins Tall
Linda Marguerite
Jah
Oakland
Calif
Ft. Myer Chapel
Arlington National Cemetery
Toll climbs to nearly 1300 in holiday traffic deaths
The Associated Press reports a New Year holiday weekend toll of 564, bringing total deaths over two long weekends to about 1,300. Christmas weekend deaths reached 720, the highest for a three day holiday on record. Over 60,000 were injured or disabled. The nonholiday period had 420 auto deaths.
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Associated Press
Howard Pyle
National Safety Council
Weather Map Shows Rain Sleet Snow Across Regions
Rain and sleet hit northern New England with an inch in six hours. Showers stretched from the southern New England area to the Florida panhandle while Virginia remained dry in a drought, and Panama City, Florida logged two thirds of an inch. The Midwest warmed after deep cold, with early data showing 16 below at Cut Bank Montana and 81 in Orlando Florida, as other cities reported varied cloudiness and temps across the country including Boston 36, New York 44, Chicago 37, Atlanta 52, Seattle 34, Los Angeles 60, San Francisco 52, Anchorage minus 7, Honolulu 74.
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Thearea
New England
Florida Panhandle
Virginia
Panama City
Fla
Appalachians
Rockies
Midwest
Great Plains
Cut Bank
Mont
Orlando
Boston
New York City
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Washington
Chicago
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Atlanta
St. Louis
Kansas City
Detroit
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Seattle
Los Angeles
Denver
Phoenix
Miami
Houston
San Francisco
Anchorage
Honolulu
Vietnam War updates from several operations near Cambodia
Reports say U S forces killed and captured Viet Cong numbers in action near the Plain of Reef with light U S casualties. Vietnamese troops claim higher guerrilla deaths while air strikes hit targets in Binh Duong Province. South Korean troops used tear gas in a Mekong operation and clashes near Tuy Hoa yielded casualties for both sides.
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Plain of Reef
Cambodia
U S
U.S
New Zealand
South Viet Nam
Binh Duong
Saigon
North Viet Nam
Tuy Hoa
Mekong
Quang Ngai City
Quang Neai
da Nang
Klan activity under scrutiny fuels fears and silence
The Klan is described as quiet in Georgia with diminished events and few active members. Representative Weltner notes the hearings depress the group, leaving many in his district wary of opposing them publicly. The panel struggles to find willing anti-Klan witnesses due to fear of reprisal. In other news, airlift capacity in Asia is praised as comparable to historic efforts, while the U.S. and South Vietnam plan television channels for public communication.
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Charles L. Weltner
Dga
Willis
Weltner
Clayton County
Weltmer
Georgia
Westerner
Atlanta
South
Jet Piloted By General Disappears Over Puget Sound
Maj. Gen. I. Branch, commander at Edwards AFB flight test center, was piloting a 738 jet trainer that disappeared from radar during instrument approach to Boeing Field in Seattle rainy morning. Search by Coast Guard and Air Force began with no immediate results. Branch, born 1912, assumed command at Edwards in 1961 after roles at AEC and nuclear systems.
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Seattle
Wash
Air Force
Edwards Air Force Base Flight Test Center
California
Puget Sound
I. Branch
Elliott Bay
Boeing Field
W.H. Price
Boeing Co
James G. Smith
Edwards
Branch
Coast Guard
Keokuk
Iowa
Air Force Nuclear Systems
Atomic Energy Commission
Transit strike paralyzes Manhattan traffic and stores
On New Year’s Day a citywide transit strike halted most subway and bus service. An estimated 25 to 50 percent of workers failed to reach jobs, with up to half of major restaurant chains closed and millions staying home. Traffic snarls clogged bridges and the West Side Highway as officials warned the public to walk or stay home.
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Lower Manhattan
Manhattan
West Side Highway
George Washington Bridge
New Jersey
Henry A. Barnes
John V. Lindsay
Man‘hattan
Bronx
Washington
Johnson
Brooklyn
Queens
Manhatta
Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers Union
Quill
New York Transit Authority
Lindsay
Traffic Commission
Henry A. Baharnes
City Hall
Midtown
Government orders steel price restraint across agencies
Three civilian agencies the Commerce Department the GSA and the Economic Council issued measures to buy structural steel at the lowest possible price for projects funded by federal money or subsidized by the government. LeRoy Collins said to enforce uniform purchasing rules with contractors as defense costs rise and Inland Steel faced a price move. The Pentagon and White House signaled possible steps, with defense procurement directing orders away from firms raising prices and toward those keeping them level.
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Economic Council
Commerce Department
GSA
Pentagon
LeRoy Collins
John T. Connor
Department
Collins
Lawson B. Knott Jr
Ackley
Hhis
Inland Steel
Inland
U.S
Block
U.S. Steel
Kennedy
Cleveland
Armco Steel Co
Kaiser Steel Corp
San Francisco
Bethlehem
MacNamara
McNamara
Tagon
Govrnment
Defense Department
White House
Bill D. ‘Moyers
Moyers
Fiee Companies Administration
Johnson
Brotherhood of
Locmotive
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